Victor Serge is one of the great anti-Stalinist writers of the twentieth century, a man who paid a heavy price for his opposition to totalitarianism. One hesitates to criticise him for that very reason. And…Read more…
Review: The Little Polish Book of Tbilisi, by Brendan Jackson
Brendan Jackson is a British-born artist, photographer and writer who has compiled an extraordinary little book here. Published by the Polish Institute in Tbilisi, it looks at the city through Polish…Read more…
Review: The Little Polish Book of Tbilisi, by Brendan Jackson
Brendan Jackson is a British-born artist, photographer and writer who has compiled an extraordinary little book here. Published by the Polish Institute in Tbilisi, it looks at the city through Polish eyes – over a…Read more…
Review: To-Do List Formula: A Stress-Free Guide To Creating To-Do Lists That Work!, by Damon Zahariades
Damon Zahariades is a prolific author of short books that are designed to make us more productive, better people. He is also quite fond of exclamation marks and numbered lists (he has a 30-day productivity…Read more…
Review: To-Do List Formula: A Stress-Free Guide To Creating To-Do Lists That Work!, by Damon Zahariades
Damon Zahariades is a prolific author of short books that are designed to make us more productive, better people. He is also quite fond of exclamation marks and numbered lists (he has a 30-day…Read more…
Review: Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength, by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
This was an interesting book. According to lead author Baumeister, an academic psychologist, willpower has gotten a bad name since Victorian times. But he builds a convincing case that willpower is…Read more…
Review: Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength, by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney
This was an interesting book. According to lead author Baumeister, an academic psychologist, willpower has gotten a bad name since Victorian times. But he builds a convincing case that willpower is something like a muscle…Read more…
Review: American Fairy Tales, by Dato Turashvili
As far as I can tell, there are only three books by Georgian author Dato Turashvili available in English — and this is the third. It’s a short book, a collection of vignettes some of…Read more…
Review: American Fairy Tales, by Dato Turashvili
As far as I can tell, there are only three books by Georgian author Dato Turashvili available in English — and this is the third. It’s a short book, a collection of vignettes some of…Read more…
Review: The Journey of Humanity, by Oded Galor
What got my attention and led me to read this book was a citation that seemed to show that Oded Galor had discovered the writings of the forgotten German Communist Karl August Wittfogel. It turns…Read more…
Review: The Journey of Humanity, by Oded Galor
What got my attention and led me to read this book was a citation that seemed to show that Oded Galor had discovered the writings of the forgotten German Communist Karl August Wittfogel. It turns…Read more…
In Georgia, workers challenge a Russian oligarch
Mikhail Fridman is one of the wealthiest men in Russia and a close associate of Vladimir Putin. He was included in the earliest lists of individuals sanctioned by the West for his complicity in the…Read more…
In Georgia, workers challenge a Russian oligarch
Mikhail Fridman is one of the wealthiest men in Russia and a close associate of Vladimir Putin. He was included in the earliest lists of individuals sanctioned by the West for his complicity in the…Read more…
Review: Georgia – The Home of Wine, by Dato Turashvili
Dato Turashvili is one of Georgia’s best known writers, but unfortunately only a couple of his books are available in English translation. This new book is in both Georgian and English and is a…Read more…
Review: Georgia – The Home of Wine, by Dato Turashvili
Dato Turashvili is one of Georgia’s best known writers, but unfortunately only a couple of his books are available in English translation. This new book is in both Georgian and English and is a lavishly…Read more…
Review: Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
This is the third novel by Emily St. John Mandel that I’ve read this month. I’m binge-reading her books in no particular order, starting with the most recent, but that’s also pretty…Read more…
Review: Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
This is the third novel by Emily St. John Mandel that I’ve read this month. I’m binge-reading her books in no particular order, starting with the most recent, but that’s also pretty much her style….Read more…
Review: The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel
Having read (and loved) Sea of Tranquility I was surprised to discover the same characters in this earlier book by Emily St. John Mandel. I may be reading the books in the wrong order, but…Read more…
Review: The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel
Having read (and loved) Sea of Tranquility I was surprised to discover the same characters in this earlier book by Emily St. John Mandel. I may be reading the books in the wrong order, but…Read more…
Review: Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel
I love a good time travel story – and I loved this one so much that I finished it in two days. (To be fair, it’s a short book.). The author works with two well-worn…Read more…